Paula André holds a PhD in Architecture from Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and a Master's in Art History from FCSH-UNL. Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at Iscte -Instituto Universitário de Lisboa; director of Doctoral Program in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories; director of the Master in Architecture and Visual Culture in Lisbon; profesor in the Integrated Master in Architecture, in the PhD in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories, and in the Master in Cultural Studies and Management. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Center for Studies on Socio-Economic Change and Territory - DINÂMIA'CET-IUL, and integrated researcher having coordinated the Thematic Line “Images of Material Achievements” of the FCT Project “Print Photography. Image and Advertising in Portugal (1934-1974)”-PTDC/CPC-HAT/4533/2014. Member of the research team of the FCT Project “Export Portugal. Cultural diplomacy and the rebranding strategies of the Estado Novo in the United States (1933-1974)”, IR Anna Rita Gori (2022.08653.PTDC, March 2023-March 2026). She coordinates the “Collaborative Laboratory on Urban Dynamics, Heritage, Arts. Research, Teaching and Dissemination Seminar” in partnership with Paulo Simões Rodrigues and Sofia Aleixo (University of Évora), Paula Ribeiro Lobo (New University of Lisbon), Miguel Reimão Costa (University of the Algarve), Lúcia Rosas and Maria Leonor Botelho (University of do Porto), María Teresa Perez Cano (Universidad de Sevilla), Rodrigo de Faria (University of Brasília), Sérgio Proença (University of Lisbon), Raimundo Bambó (Universidad de Zaragoza), Ana Esteban Maluenda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid), Alexandre Nobre Pais (National Tile Museum), João Branco Pedro (National Civil Engineering Laboratory), Adriano Tomitão Canas (Federal University of Uberlândia), Mário Caeiro (Polytechnic of Leiria) and e Ana Amora and Helio Herbst (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Daniela Marzola (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (GEDURB), Ruth Verde Zein (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (FAU-Mackenzie), Ana Tostões e Bárbara Coutinho (Instituto Superior Técnico/CiTUA), Carolina B. García-Estévez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ETSAB) and Maria Lúcia Bressan Pinheiro (Universidade de São Paulo, FAUSP). Member of the Editorial Committee of the Magazine “ARA”, edited by the Museum/Heritage Group of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo and of the Magazine "Cidades, Comunidades e Territórios" edited by DINÂMIA’CET-IUL. Member of the Asociación de Historiadores de la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo (AhAU). Collaborating researcher at the Center for the History of Art and Artistic Research at the University of Évora - CHAIA-EU. Develops research in the group "Cities and Territories" of DINÂMIA'CET-IUL focused on the areas: Theory and History of Architecture and Urbanism; Urban Dynamics and City Politics (Lisbon); History of Art and Visual Culture; Public Works and Popular Culture; Photography and Heritage.